Well, it will hardly come as a surprise to the EFL that new owners want to contest the sanctions, so it’s hardly a heads up. Same as Dale Johnson at the BBC said about Leicester’s appeal “ No one should be surprised that Leicester have appealed against their points deduction”.
They’d have to be brain dead not to be anticipating it and as much as some of us might think there are clowns at the top of the game, we know they’re not brain dead.
Paying fees for players is not a massive problem in L1 anyway. I would hope we can put a decent squad together without paying fees, at least for next season. I hope they’re appealing that nonsense too. Where’s the fairness in relegating a side and then hitting them again in a way which is likely to hinder its recovery?
They keep spouting that it’s about getting rid of rogue owners. Well we’ve done that. We’ve been punished and relegated. What punishment has Chansiri had? He’s lost a shed load of money due to his own financial incompetence and rank bad management. Remember he got rid of all the directors at the club, or they resigned in protest at his ‘leadership’. He’s banned from ownership in the UK, but let’s face it he won’t be trying that hobby again anyway.
The only people who have been punished here really, are the supporters of Sheffield Wednesday FC and the businesses who rely on the club and its all down to that odious waste of space Dejphon Chansiri. Who EXACTLY will be punished next season with a third points deduction? The supporters, the new owners and the local community. Pubs, food outlets etc etc.
All we hope is that we have a fighting chance of putting a decent enough squad together to get to safety in L1 next season. Storch is talking already about building a squad to get back to the Championship as quickly as possible, with the PL being the ultimate aim, so hopefully the recovery starts soon.
Just for clarity, when you said ‘No’ at the beginning of your reply, were you saying, no you would not expect Argyle to just lay down and take it, if the exact same situation had occurred here?
Everyone else has to follow the rules, as we did, so Wednesday should have to as well.
A lot of money is owed to local businesses you mention, they are being overly punished by the new owners, why don't the new owners pay them back 25% and avoid the deduction?
The whole administration rules certainly need reform and it will be interesting to see what the new regulator can do, currently there seems to be few concrete examples of what their specific powers will be so far, all very worryingly general.
Fans of other clubs suffered as Wednesday massively and unfairly overspent and now it is Wednesday fans turn to suffer, neither of those circumstances is fair. Fans are always the ones to suffer unfortunately.
The EFL certainly don't care, they made that clear in their meetings with the Trust before Chansiri left, they just want Wednesday to be able to fulfil their fixtures, with whatever team they have available and whatever points deduction.
So Wednesday can appeal as everyone does but instead I would focusing all that time and money on actually completing the administration process and then playing a part in its reform.
Parts of the statement from the Trust seem incredibly naive, Storch fell in love with Wednesday against Norwich in 2025, you really believe this? Presumably that was after he fell in love with Reading when he was trying to buy them, and hopefully after he fell in love with Blackpool as he tried to buy them and certainly before he fell in love with Cardiff when he tried to buy them.
He must just be an old romantic.
Instead I would be asking the following questions:
1. How much are the administrators making out of this process?
2. What exactly were the criteria that they chose the previous bid, simply because it was the highest?
3. What due diligence did they carry out on that bid, as it took so long to be accepted and seemed doomed to fail from the start.
4. Why state in the previous statement that Wednesday are fully funded through to the end of the season by the previous bidders and yet contradict this to say Storch has to put in money to fund the club to the end of the season.
